On a PIL flagging delays in child sexual abuse probes, the Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Police to decide within three months on a proposal for dedicated POCSO investigation teams in every police district of the capital. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to take […]
The Allahabad High Court has held that the arrest of an accused who is already in custody in another case is a fresh arrest, so the grounds of that arrest must be communicated to him under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and Section 48(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Lucknow: The Allahabad High […]
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Ankit Kumar Singh’s plea to quash an FIR and POCSO proceedings, holding that the victim’s present choice, their September 2025 marriage and their child cannot retrospectively supply legal consent to sexual intercourse during her minority, and leaving him free to approach the Supreme Court under Article 142.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Annu Garg’s revision seeking a higher interim maintenance than the Rs 15,000 a month fixed by the Family Court, holding that bank transactions cannot, without examining their nature and source, be treated as the husband’s monthly disposable income, and that maintenance is not a fixed percentage of income.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a plea seeking transfer of a 2019 defamation case, holding that unproven allegations against a judge and counsel amount to an “attack on the majesty of law.” The Court imposed a Rs 50,000 penalty on the 89-year-old petitioner and directed the trial court to proceed expeditiously.
